I Was Not Here For It

REFLECTION

Today we arrived in alcove spring. It was amazing! We spent some time playing in the water, doing chores, resting. for the next few days we will spend resting, catching up on chores and other thing that can't be done in the desert and only with water. For breakfast we had things like rabbits a deer and a pie ( which was tasty ). While we here we might as well enjoy ourselves so I pulled out a checkers board and told everyone how to play checkers ( the video is at the bottom of the page ). When we first arrived in alcove spring a very hard question popped up: why go to Oregon rather than staying here? This question throbbed inside of my head. At first I did not know the answer but then I realized: alcove spring is smaller than all of Oregon. But in the end the journey will pay off when we claim great farmland. although we will get tons of good land to farm in Oregon, on the ride there might be a few deaths

We bought everything we needed like: knives, prairie schooners, oxen, seeds, and our computers ( even though we hide them ) and a lot more. But even with that we had to keep in mind about spacing and weight and plus the fact that this wagon is being pulled by only two oxen. We also bought medical things like bandages. We also got things for defense like guns revolvers and knives. But we did not buy food or pelts because we can get them from animals on the oregon trail. I learned that pioneers brought all sorts of things with them including•knives •horses•oxen •shoes•piano's•pets•medicine •beds•harmonica's•toys •pans•pots•firewood•children•friends •food•and all types of other crazy things I was surprised at the fact that people brought things like piano's and other things and later dumped them out. And the fact that people would travel along the Oregon trail and collect items that others threw away and sold them to people who wanted it and would obviously throw it away.

Blog about what you learned from your research and what you plan to purchase for the trip (remember that we are limited on weight).

You may make a list of the items that you are purchasing, but be sure to write a paragraph or two explaining what you learned, what surprised you, and anything else that you can think of that might be of value to write about.

Be sure to include a picture, video, or drawing that supports your answer.

Notes On Skype

•In the time of the Oregon trail there was no toilet paper•People who went on the Oregon trail brought loved ones•We leave in the spring•People use Buffalo poop as fire fuel•When people get to any cliffs they will lower the wagons down•People will eat a majority of what they kill•The biting flies are a problem•Badgers dig a lot•Wolves have thick fur•Wolves can carry rabies•people sometimes have fun on the trail•eagles can nip food out of a wolfs mouth

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notes

wolves in Yellowstone park havemolars.canine.insizers.wolves have to eat lots of food because they eat 3-4 times a week.wolves have to eat to get a lot of calories.wolf packs can have 3-20 wolves in the pack.if a bird is circling something it must be dead.eagles can nip food out of a wolfs mouth

reflection

I was surprised when Richard said that if a bear fought wolves over food the bear would win. this surprised me because I thought a pack of wolves would win if they fought a bear. Something that did not surprise me was that birds will normally circle something that would mean either it was dead.

Reflection Questions

Based on your DBH data, do you think the tree you measured was old and well-established, or young and newly planted? Why do you think that?

What is the distance of your tree to the nearest man-made structure? How could that impact the growth of the tree?

What other observations did you make?

What species of trees did you find at Westgate?

Answers

1. 2 1/2 yards. 2. I think it was perfectly healthy because it looked all right.3. About 5 yards and I think it would kinda block the sun.4. The trees were wider than I thought.5. A few pine and oak trees.

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Refection

This was surprising because I thought that the experiment would have a unhappy reaction.

This was surprising because I thought that the experiment would have a unhappy reaction.

This surprised me.

the story of Fred raindrop

The raindrop falls out of the sky to only be collected by a funnel suddenly the little raindrop finds out it just entered a water gun that was connected to a funnel but is accidentally shot at a spectator the person goes inside the little raindrop is covered into a bead of sweat while the person boils hot dogs then drop in the pot and evaporates and becomes a cloud again.

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